Clothes-line support.



C. STEENSGAARD.

CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1915.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

CHRISTEN STEENSGAARD, OF AE'aTORIA, NEVJ YORK.

CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Application filed May 14, 1915. Serial No. 28,079.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRIs'rnN S'rnnNs- GAARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Astoria, Long Island, in the county of Queens, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to clothes line supports.

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a clothes line support adapted to be attached to a window frame and which can be swung through the window into the building when loading and unloading the line so as to avoid the danger of leaning out of the window when it is desired to apply the clothes to or remove same from the line.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a clothes line support adapted to be swung to a position eXteriorly of the buildingv and when so disposed will not interfere with the raising and lowering of the window sash.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views and in which Figure 1 is a vertical section through a window showing the improved support applied and positioned in the interior of the building; Fig. 2, a view similar to Fig. 1

with the support swung to a position on the exterior of the building; Fig. 3, a plan view of what is shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4, an enlarged section on the line 4 -4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a section on the line 55 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6, a perspective view of the bracket arm employed in the support.

Referring to the drawings 10 indicates a window frame mounted in the usual manner in the wall 11.

The improved clothes line support comprises a bracket arm 12 detachably secured to one of the sides of the frame 10 through the medium of screws 13. The free end of the bracket 12 terminates in circular port1on 13 provided with a central opening 14: and having formed on lts upper and lower sides radially extending teeth 15 arranged concentrically around the opening 14:. R0- tatably engaged upon the circular portion 13 1s a head 16 the base of which is pro vided with radial teeth 17 cooperating with tion 13 and clamps the head 16 firmly to the bracket arm with the teeth 17 interlocking with the teeth 15 and securing the head against rotation. Formed integral with the head 16 and extending laterally therefrom is an arm 23 the free end of which terminates in a rectangular frame portion 2a and journaled in this frame portion is a pulley 25.

The clothes line is indicated at 26 and is of the endless type. In applying the line same is trained through the eye 21, then over the pulley 25 and back around the clamping nut 22. When it is desired to swing the arm 23 to the interior of the building it is only necessary to loosen the nut 22 sufliciently to permit the cap 16 to be raised far enough to disengage the teeth 17 from the teeth 15.

It will be noted that the parts of the support are so formed and arranged that they can be assembled on either side of a window without interfering'with the successful operation of the-support. To change the support from one side of a window frame to the other it is only necessary to reverse the bracket arm 12 and then assemble the remaining portions in the manner disclosed.

What is claimed is y A clothes line support comprising a bracket arm adapted to be secured at one end to a window frame, a circular portion formed on the other end of said arm and having a central opening, radial teeth formed on both sides of said circular por tion about said opening, and both sides of said circular portion being recessed centrally about the opening, a head engaged over the upper side of the circular portion and having radial teeth on its base adapted to cooperate with the radial teeth on the circular portion, a depending stem carried by the head and extending through the opening in the circular portion, a nut threaded on the lower end of the stem and adapted to engage the inner Wall of the recess in the lower side of the circular portion to clamp the head against rotation, a lateral arm formed integral with the head and adapted to swing in a horizontal plane, and 1G a pulley journaled on the free end of said arm.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHRISTEN STEENSGAARD. WVitnesses CHRISTIAN A. N. JENSEN, OLAFF A. HANSEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

